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. 2013 Jun 11;135(7):0710101–07101012. doi: 10.1115/1.4024619

Table 1.

The circumferential and longitudinal growth rates in PA and AA computed after about 35 kg growth stage in four circumferential and three longitudinal regions


Circumferential growth rate (reported as mean ± SD in %/kg)
Circumferential region
Artery Axial region Medial Posterior Lateral Anterior Mean
PA STJ 1.5 ± 0.5 2.3 ± 0.7 2.4 ± 1.3 1.9 ± 0.6 2.0 ± 0.8
MRN 0.48 ± 0.12 3.0 ± 1.1 1.1 ± 0.5 1.9 ± 0.6 1.6 ± 0.6
BFN 0.24 ± 0.03 1.9 ± 0.6 0.48 ± 0.13 0.83 ± 0.16 0.9 ± 0.2
AA STJ 1.6 ± 0.06 2.7 ± 0.7 1.3 ± 0.2 1.5 ± 0.5 1.8 ± 0.4
MRN 1.1 ± 0.05 2.9 ± 0.8 1.7 ± 0.3 0.50 ± 0.25 1.6 ± 0.4
End-ROI 1.5 ± 0.2 2.1 ± 0.5 1.1 ± 0.02 1.0 ± 0.1 1.4 ± 0.2

Longitudinal growth rate (reported as mean ± SD in %/kg)

Circumferential region
Artery Axial region Medial Posterior Lateral Anterior
PA STJ 2.9 ± 0.7 3.3 ± 1.0 3.3 ± 0.7 3.4 ± 0.9
MRN 4.6 ± 1.1 4.2 ± 0.9 3.6 ± 0.9 2.3 ± 0.6
BFN 2.9 ± 0.7 3.5 ± 0.9 2.8 ± 0.7 2.2 ± 0.6
Mean 3.5 ± 0.8 3.7 ± 0.9 3.2 ± 0.8 2.6 ± 0.7
AA STJ 1.7 ± 0.4 2.5 ± 0.7 1.5 ± 0.7 1.7 ± 0.4
MRN 1.9 ± 0.4 2.1 ± 0.4 2.3 ± 0.6 1.6 ± 0.4
End-ROI 1.9 ± 0.4 1.9 ± 0.4 1.4 ± 0.7 2.1 ± 0.4
Mean 1.8 ± 0.4 2.2 ± 0.5 1.7 ± 0.7 1.8 ± 0.4